Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UPR-Ponce

At University of Puerto Rico at Ponce, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 53.12%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 56.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 78.78%, and the 2024 yield is 74.97%.

The number of UPR-Ponce applicants decreased by 0.49% (7 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 53.12%, and this year's acceptance rate is 56.00% at University of Puerto Rico at Ponce. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 55.23% and women students' rate is 51.36%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of Puerto Rico at Ponce over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	63.98%	64.07%	63.92%
2014-15	73.65% 9.67%	71.64% 7.57%	75.30% 11.38%
2015-16	50.51% -23.14%	49.51% -22.12%	51.28% -24.02%
2016-17	44.81% -5.71%	47.68% -1.83%	42.76% -8.52%
2017-18	33.36% -11.45%	33.74% -13.94%	33.11% -9.65%
2018-19	35.26% 1.90%	38.10% 4.35%	33.33% 0.22%
2019-20	73.41% 38.15%	71.78% 33.69%	74.69% 41.35%
2020-21	50.29% -23.12%	54.12% -17.67%	47.35% -27.34%
2021-22	49.02% -1.28%	52.97% -1.15%	44.95% -2.40%
2022-23	54.04% 5.03%	64.94% 11.97%	45.36% 0.41%
2023-24	56.00% 1.96%	59.03% -5.90%	52.96% 7.59%
Average	53.12%	55.23%	51.36%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 78.78% where the current academic year yield is 74.97%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of Puerto Rico at Ponce from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	93.58%	94.90%	92.56%
2014-15	90.33% -3.25%	93.15% -1.75%	88.14% -4.42%
2015-16	85.93% -4.41%	86.93% -6.22%	85.02% -3.12%
2016-17	84.83% -1.10%	85.53% -1.40%	84.27% -0.75%
2017-18	73.19% -11.64%	73.86% -11.67%	72.55% -11.73%
2018-19	82.88% 9.69%	84.87% 11.01%	81.33% 8.78%
2019-20	44.76% -38.11%	48.88% -35.99%	41.68% -39.65%
2020-21	79.80% 35.03%	79.81% 30.93%	79.78% 38.10%
2021-22	79.02% -0.78%	82.91% 3.10%	76.05% -3.73%
2022-23	77.29% -1.73%	72.88% -10.03%	82.32% 6.27%
2023-24	74.97% -2.32%	83.11% 10.23%	70.97% -11.35%
Average	78.78%	80.62%	77.70%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 1,709, the average number of admitted is 868, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 677.

The number of UPR-Ponce applicants decreased by 0.49% (7 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of Puerto Rico at Ponce from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	1,266	810	758
2014-15	1,222 -3.48%	900 11.11%	813 7.26%
2015-16	2,138 74.96%	1,080 20.00%	928 14.15%
2016-17	2,339 9.40%	1,048 -2.96%	889 -4.20%
2017-18	2,482 6.11%	828 -20.99%	606 -31.83%
2018-19	1,971 -20.59%	695 -16.06%	576 -4.95%
2019-20	1,561 -20.80%	1,146 64.89%	513 -10.94%
2020-21	1,368 -12.36%	688 -39.97%	549 7.02%
2021-22	1,575 15.13%	772 12.21%	610 11.11%
2022-23	1,434 -8.95%	775 0.39%	599 -1.80%
2023-24	1,441 0.49%	807 4.13%	605 1.00%
Average	1,709	868	677

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares acceptance rate changes from last year between University of Puerto Rico at Ponce and similar schools.